Colorado · Nonprofit
INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC
INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER ($6,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $37M
What Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc does
Mission
INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION, INC. (ITF, INC.) DBA Mission Telecom is a nonprofit telecommunications organization that is transforming connectivity by providing affordable broadband to under-resourced communities, including nonprofits, schools, and libraries. We reinvest our surplus into driving social change. Our products and services empower organizations to thrive in an interconnected world. -People-Centered: We prioritize individuals' unique needs, aspirations, and concerns, tailoring our services to empower and connect every person effectively.-Bold: We embrace challenges and push boundaries to lead the way in telecommunications with transformative solutions.-Data & Insights-Driven: We use a data-driven approach to inform our strategies and decision-making, ensuring resources are utilized efficiently for maximum impact.-Respectful: We honor the dignity and value of everyone, treating all individuals with kindness, compassion, and professionalism to foster trust and
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Itf, inc. Maintains a separate grantmaking program with three areas of focus: 501(c)(4) multiracial democracy and power building, telecom justice, movement infrastructure: technology, data and capacity.
$3,014,610 spentof which $2,480,000 as grants51% of program spendingBroadband access initiative: itf, inc. Is developing a program to provide affordable, high-quality, wireless broadband services to nonprofit and social good organizations; empowering them to thrive in the digital age. Our customers and partners will help eliminate social disparities and, together, we ensure that digitally-enabled opportunities and educational resources are accessible to all.
$2,860,459 spent$1,423,346 earned by the program49% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,875,069.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $32M to $37M (+14%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
0% of INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (30% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 132 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 132 public benefit nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Independent Spectrum LLC · partnership
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC?
- INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER ($6,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,000 in grants to INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC?
- THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTRUCTIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing